Unmincing

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not speaking in a roundabout or vague manner; direct; blunt.

    ""If I don't have a care," reflected Lady Bell in alarm, and with the crude unmincing expression of opinion which belonged to her years and her generation, "I'll soon be as great a brute as Trevor.""

  2. 2
    Not walking with affectedly short steps.

    "We proceeded with an unmincing gait to the first main street and flagged down a taxi with an unspoken single agenda propelling the three of us — get out of Russia."

Example

More examples

""If I don't have a care," reflected Lady Bell in alarm, and with the crude unmincing expression of opinion which belonged to her years and her generation, "I'll soon be as great a brute as Trevor.""

Etymology

From un- + mincing.

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